PolitiFact's Facebook Code of Conduct

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Commenting guidelines

We hope you approach conversations with an open mind and interact with fellow commenters with civility while giving them the benefit of the doubt. We expect you to abide by the moderation policy laid out below, and we encourage you to use Facebook’s function to report violence, hate speech, harassment, spam, etc. 

Moderation policy

We believe in transparency and welcome feedback and criticism. We also appreciate when our journalism leads to debate and discussion. However, we do have some rules, the violation of which will result in our deleting your comments and/or the banning of your account to prevent future posting. 

These things will get your comments hidden and/or your account banned:

• Personal attacks 

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• Discriminatory language

• Harassment 

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